(The general) told his body guard to tell the militia if anyone kills someone, he would kill them. |
Africa needs you, ... to break out a dialogue. I'm telling you this because you in the West are lucky, you vote for your own leaders. |
For five minutes I was speechless, ... Then I told them that I didn't know how to use this gun, but even if I did I wouldn't kill these people |
I am nothing special. Paul was a hotel manager. He will remain a hotel manager to the end. |
I said, 'I'm not coming with you, because so far I'm the only person who can negotiate with the killers, |
I thought I was doing my right job, my day-to-day life, a manager's life. A manager's job. |
I told them that if I am with you, I'll always regret what I've done and I don't ever want to regret, |
If people see this footage, they'll say, 'Oh my God, that's terrible,' and they'll go on eating their dinners, |
Ladies and gentlemen, history keeps repeating itself but doesn't teach us any lessons. 'Never again' has turned into 'again and again and again.' So tonight, ladies and gentlemen, take Hotel Rwanda as a wake-up call and a message to be our messenger that people are the ones who can change what they want to change. |
Pastors started killing their church members and church members killed pastors. Husbands killed wives. It's a situation no one can describe. |
Talking about it is a relief. My message: Take Rwanda as a wake-up call. We need to stop the killing. The best solution is to talk and share. We ask the (United States) administration to intervene. |
The most abusive words that I hear are 'never again,' ... Have we learned from history? I do not know. |
The whole country was smelling of dead bodies, flies. I went to see family. My mother-in-law was dead, her six children killed, |
The world ignored Rwanda when we really needed it. Unfortunately, even now the world is still ignoring us. |
We sat down in the ruins and we cried. The trip opened my eyes, it was very influential, ... Since then I've decided never to fight with a gun but with my mouth. |